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In a historic first for South Africa, the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has officially recognised Khoi-San traditional names on Smart IDs and other civic documents. On Wednesday, 26 February, Minister of...

On 26 February, the City of Johannesburg Council elected former Finance MMC, Loyiso Masuku, as the city’s first-ever Deputy Mayor in a transition that marks a significant shift in the...

Imagine a world-class African city without a central place where its people can go for service, for connection and for accountability. Imagine Johannesburg. For almost three years now, the Metro Centre, formerly...

Soon after a Tongaat mother was alerted by a school transporter that both her daughters had not attended school on Tuesday, news broke that they had been found dead with...

City Power has announced the resignation of its Chief Executive Officer, Tshifularo Mashava, effective 30 March. Mashava joined City Power ten years ago, she has served as CEO since 2022....

Government has announced increases to social grants for the 2026/27 financial year, with billions allocated to support vulnerable South Africans. Delivering the national Budget Speech on 25 February at 2pm,...

On Tuesday, 24 February, the South African Police Service (SAPS) Gauteng Provincial Investigating Unit arrested four suspects, including two South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) officials and one former official,...

Johannesburg residents no longer look to their taps to provide water. For many, that critical lifeline now comes from water tankers rumbling through the streets. “Tanker use has become normalised....

On 17 February, the Gauteng Counterfeit Unit, working alongside multiple law enforcement agencies, carried out a coordinated operation in Johannesburg Central aimed at cracking down on counterfeit, contraband and other...

Police have discovered hundreds of firearms and large quantities of ammunition stored on a smallholding outside eMalahleni, formerly known as Witbank. The cache was uncovered during a law enforcement operation...